Since 1860, those two parties have been the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Republican Party emerged in 1854 from the embers of the anti-slavery movement and the ashes of the Whigs.

1860: Republicans: Abraham Lincoln The Republican Party absorbed anti-slavery Whigs and most Know-Nothings. It became more moderate in its stance on the exclusion of slavery and denounced John ...

Democratic Party History. The Democratic party is the oldest existing political party in America. Democrats have won 19 of 42 presidential elections since the party first ran a pr ...

The advertisemen stated that he was a whig of the old school and now acted with the Republican party. This was true, and the reason why he now acted with the Republican party was because he was ...

It does not become us to speak, or to assume to speak, for the Republican Party of the United States ... and proclaim as our standard bearer for 1860, Mr. BATES or any other person who labored ...

And since 1860, those two parties have been the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Democratic Party is older, officially founded in 1844 but with origins in President Andrew Jackson's ...

The Republican Party were not popular in the South. Southerners believed that they wished to abolish slavery. In the 1860 election the Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln won all the Northern states.

Author Ed Achorn will discuss his latest book, "The Lincoln Miracle," at 3 p.m. on April 6 at the Sudbury Grange.

Meanwhile, the newly formed Republican party, whose members were strongly ... The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His victory, without a single ...